1862.] 
885 
The Chdrvctka System of Philosophy. 
One side of an alternative must come to pass,—so when the desire is fulfilled 
The cheats say their mantras were the cause, which in case of failure were not 
rightly performed.* 
If He alone by the sins of all is already plunged into infinite suffering,f 
Then, timid one, how can this revealed Soul feel any new burden through sin of 
thine ? 
Of what use is a flower plucked from its stalk ? only when growing thereon does it 
bring forth fruit; 
If thou would’st place it on the head of a stone, as identical with deity, J then why 
not place it at once on thine own ? 
Fling away like empty chaff thy bitter speeches against women,— 
Why longer deceive the world, when thou thyself art equally depraved ? 
Follow the commands of Kamadeva, which even Brahma and the rest did not 
disobey ; 
The Yeda is the command of the gods, and what command more authoritative 
than his ? 
If you allow that a part of the Yeda is only idle repetition, § 
Then by what ill-fortune do you hold it not of those parts which inflict toil and 
expense ? 
Ye believe the authority of the Yeda, stout-hearted champions in Yaidic discus¬ 
sions, 
And yet, bewildered as ye are, yourselves pronounce interpolated the passage 
that enjoins the gift of the elephant tied to the post. 
The Yaidic passage which says, “Who knoweth what is in the other world,” 
By that very authority how can one accept another world at all ? 
Manu,—talking of merit and demerit, the one impossible to be gained as the 
other to be avoided, 
And seeking under the pretext to mulct mankind,—has been idly followed by the 
learned. 
‘Verily by the words of Yyasa comes faith in another world,’ thus ye say, logi¬ 
cians as ye are ; 
O ye disciples of the fish, who would deign even to call you fishes ? 
That Yyasa of yours, the Court poet of the Pandavas, well versed in the syco¬ 
phant’s art, 
When was he ever known to speak a contrary word, if his patrons either 
praised or blamed ? 
Did not Yyasa through passion commit adultery with his brother’s wife ? 
# Cf. the Bengali proverb, s S C^t^Tt?T 
t Alluding to the Yedantic doctrine that all are Brahma. 
X I: e. as the S'alagram, &c., as identical with Vishnu, &c. I would read in the 
second line 
c\ 
§ Alluding to the arthavada as distinguished from the vidhi. 
